User Reviews for lysine

i take 3 or 4 1k tabs orally at that first tingling in my lips or on the nose. I also swear by the simultaneous results from applying Campho Phenique to the affective areas. during the days as needed and until gone. much better than Camphor spirits IMO! Hard to find but Walmart seems usually have it in the first aid station. I have used this technique since my early 20's when surfing/sailing on windy days. lip balm was useless.

I use to get a cold sore whenever my toothbrush would scrape my gums and it would hurt and lasts for days. Then I read that Lysine is an amino acid and it helps to heal cold sores. I haven't had a cold sore in years since using it! I don't take it as a regular supplement, but I would sometimes take it for a week or two as a preventative just in case. Just recently, I must have caught a virus and my throat was red and sore, lasted over a week. I decided to start a double dose of L Lysine for a few days and within 3 days the redness and pain went away. Only down fall is the pills are big and might be hard for some people to swallow it. I've never checked if there are smaller pills. Read More Read Less

An off hand suggestion from my nurse at the VA clinic, I gave Lysine a try. In one week the sores in my mouth that I had been told were possible cancer by my Dentist were gone. The edges of my mouth are also healed. I am able to just about able to eat all the foods I have had to avoid for the last 25 years. Yes I know this sounds to good to be true, but it is true for this Veteran.

DO NOT TAKE IF DIABETIC!!! My mom took this from word of mouth. She is a severe diabetic. Thank God she has a meter attached to her. Her suger plummeted to 40 and for 6 hours and many tries at raising her sugar the highest we could raise it was to 77. I don't recommend this product if you are diabetic and if you do MONITOR IT!!!! I've never seen this happen ever so I know this is a dangerous supplement for diabetics!!!

Took me many years to figure out that corn, wheat and nuts and chocolate had a lot of arginine that was suppressing my lysine level... I reduced those foods and since I'm plant based, I had to take lysine to take control over my herpes. My husband is quite happy we can kiss ally year long!

I have lupus, so I get what they call lupus sores. Along with the lupus sores I also have geo graphic tongue, which according to my oral dermatologist is not supposed to hurt very bad, clearly she had never had it. I will say that I have also noticed a mood change from extreme depression to feeling so much better. Have lost weight over this past year, and I have also noticed that my facial skin is not as saggy. I have been using this on and off since I was a child, around 7 and I am now 43, it has always cleared up mouth sores.Read More Read Less

About 10 years ago I started having nasty cold sore outbreaks. I wasn't aware there was anything I could do for them, so I just suffered through. I bought some Docusanol cream that seemed to shorten the duration of the outbreak but didn't stop the development of the painful sore nor the invariably lengthy recovery (an open sore/scab would be visible for 10 days, better than without the cream, but not great). I read that Lysine helps shorten the duration and resolved to take 1000 mg daily for a year. I stopped taking the daily tablet and the sores returned. I recently noticed the outbreaks seem to happen when I increase my athletic training (running or cycling) or if I'm otherwise physically tired from not sleeping well or from doing an excessive amount of, say, yard work. So, now when the prodrome period begins and I feel the slightest uncomfortable twinge, I take two 1000 mg tablets 2/x daily. I haven't noticed any side effects, but if I take the Lysine early enough, the sores never materialize. Generally, this regimen requires taking the pills for 3-5 days to totally prevent an outbreak. During that period I continue to apply the Docusanol cream as well. Lysine has made a HUGE and effective difference in controlling the symptoms of cold sore outbreaks.Read More Read Less

Currently I am a very healthy 73 year old male. In my early forties I had an onset of shingles and I had also experienced many years of cold sores. The suggestion of my Doctor at that time recommended me to purchase Llysine and take 3000 milligrams a day and continue with 1000 milligrams a day afterwards. The Shingles never broke out and as I am writing this article, now, 33 years later, I have not had an outbreak of Shingles nor have I had a fever blister, not One!!! If anyone is of the generation that had chicken pox, take Llysine.Read More Read Less

I’m 60 yrs old. Like so many others here, I've lived with cold sores all my life. Until my daughter (who contracted the virus from me probably) told me about l-lysine. It worked like a charm! As soon as I feel a cold sore starting, I take 1k-2k three times a day (any brand) and it stops it from growing. Why do Doctors still not recognize this? The practical evidence is clear! Instead, they sell these expensive lip balms that are absolutely useless.

Had a trainee in the truck with me for 2 was with a cold sore. Took the l lysine and never got it

Ever since I remember, every year as we change season into winter I get cold sores, they can last up to 2 - 3 weeks. They are itchy, ugly and uncomfortable. I recently started getting a cold sore so my friend went out and bought me L-Lysine, she said it works for her. I was very sceptical as I have used so many creams in the past that have not worked. After 2 days of taking the tablets my coldsore retracted and has almost disappeared. I am so surprised and very impressed that it worked for me! Read More Read Less

I got shingles, the medicine from the Dr. didn't do a thing! I called my Mom, and she said to take two L-Lysene in the morning and two at night, I took two more the second day and they were gone! I take it now because my skin is getting dry patches, which I think are related to aging, I'm only 65! It is helping with the overall condition of my skin.

starting using over 10 yrs ago, take 1000 mg. daily.Works great, try to use as little as possible, once you start, you need to keep taking it. At one time I was using 2000 mg. lowered the dose slowly. Also builds your immune system, so I rarely get ill. besides my acid re-flux med, I won't go without it.

What a crappy product.....a lot of money for nothing special. Did not shorten the duration at all!

I keep lysine 1,000 mg tablets on hand for the occasional outbreak of a cold sore on my lip. Been using it for cold sores for 20 years. It really does reduce the flare up and I heal very quickly.

For decades I have had HSV1 but I do not get any skin eruptions, only skin tingling and tissue pain near the skin, and fatigue with occasional, mild flu symptoms. With this, my tinnitus worsens and sometimes I feel light-headed. I have tested positive for HSV1 several times. The HSV1 events can last between three days and three months and are associated with emotional stress. Taking Acylclovir can help with the tissue pain, which extends all over my body and sometimes briefly to internal organs. At some point, the Acyclovir seems to be less effective and I simply have to sleep through the event. This week, two weeks into an HSV event, I decided to look for research on a supplement to help and discovered information about L-Lysine. Within an hour of taking 2000 mg all pain in my tissues was gone and tingling had greatly diminished. I felt a brightness in my perception and realized how foggy headed I had been. Today is my third day on L-Lysine and when I stop taking it the symptoms recur. I do understand that too much for too long can have negative effects. I'm 57 and I have also been noticing a lot of thinning of my skin. I'm hoping the l-Lysine might help with this, too!Read More Read Less

Laugh if you must, but I found out about Lysine when we adopted a stray cat that had drippy eyes and nose in 2011. Vet said to sprinkled on canned cat food; he was well within a week. Shortly after, I came down with Bell's Palsy, which caused partial paralysis of my face, believed to be caused by a latent virus. I had BP 35 years before and was out from work for four weeks. I saw the Lysine still sitting on the kitchen counter and decided to take Lysine. (I looked it up on the internet and it suggested 1000mg three times a day.) Within a week the paralysis was gone, and I was only out of work for one week! Then in 2014 I came down with Shingles. I had forgotten about Lysine in the beginning, so I didn't take Lysine right away, but maybe around the time the blisters were forming. The blisters broke, which is the infectious stage and healed. The good news was that I had absolutely NO PAIN at all! Then last August I came down for the first time with Covid-19. I started taking Lysine before I was tested (1000mg x 3 daily). Test was positive and I took the Lysine for 10 days. I was fine after 5 days except for a lingering light cough. Unfortunately, I developed blood clots after a few weeks caused by a genetic abnormality Factor V Leiden found through a blood test afterwards, so I'm on a blood thinner now. First time I ever had a blood clot, thanks to Covid-19. Chances of getting blood clots with Covid-19 is 20%, which matches approximately the population that has the mutation. Lysine is a great anti-viral! Read More Read Less

Completely un-scientific and anecdotal, I know, and possibly psychosomatic, but when I had a bad outbreak of cold sores 10 years ago, taking daily lysine cleared it up within days. And now, whenever I feel run down I take 1,000mg every day for a few days and it helps with my fatigue and prevents the outbreak of cold sores that used to accompany severe fatigue in the past. Again, I know there's not a ton of data and this is highly anecdotal, but it seems to work for me.

When I had cancer they gave me chemotherapy which thank God saved my life but I got the most horrible fungus in my mouth for which they gave me an antifungal medication which was very expensive. A fellow cancer patient told me about lysine and no more fungus! All I had to do was take the lysine daily. At any sign of something growing in my mouth I took extra lysine several thousand a day until the problem was finished. Because of my luck with lysine my husband started using it for cold sores and he found it extremely effective. He takes lysine everyday and has not had a cold sore in years. I also gave it to my children whenever they bit a lip and the offending irritation would be gone within 24 hours. I think the only reason many doctors do not say to take lysine is because it is so cheap compared to the medication they prescribe!Read More Read Less

I’ve been diagnosed with Ankelosing Spondylitis of the spine which triggers migraines on a daily basis. This is now day 8 having taken 3 grams a day and no headache..I appreciate it’s early days but it’s looking good so far with not one single headache.